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Public legal data sources

Jurisdiction map of the public legal sources Legal Research actually queries, including snippet limits and which skills need keys.

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How Much Context Do MCP Tool Schemas Cost?

A measured benchmark of ToolRouter's MCP surface against loading every catalog skill as its own tool, with raw JSON and a rerun command.

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Claude Skills vs MCP: When to Use Which

Skills teach Claude how. MCP gives it access. You need both. Google already suggests this search. ToolRouter is the access layer.

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How Much Does MCP Cost for a Small Team?

Claude and ChatGPT seats are separate. ToolRouter team is $29/seat with shared credits. Free catalog tools stay free. Paid skills start at $0.005.

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How to Stop Shadow MCP at a Startup

Unapproved MCP servers on laptops are the new shadow IT. Approve one catalog, ban keys in mcp.json, and remove access when people leave.

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Too Many MCP Tools Make the Assistant Worse

Anthropic measured 58 tools at ~55K tokens before you type. Accuracy drops past 30–50 tools. Prune, or load on demand. Do not install everything.

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Best MCP Tools for SEO (Honest List)

ToolRouter SEO/GEO tools in chat vs Ahrefs and Semrush MCP. We win on one connector and auto-provision. They win on proprietary SEO data.

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Grok Bot Plugins vs Grok Connectors: What Is Different?

Grok Bot and grok.com use different MCP surfaces. Use the verified Grok connector today and check Grok Bot availability by account.

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How to Add MCP to Grok Bot: ToolRouter Setup Guide

Set up ToolRouter in Grok Bot with current xAI MCP policy, authentication, and real acceptance checks.

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What Is ToolRouter? The Complete Guide to AI Tool Superpowers

ToolRouter gives AI assistants one managed catalog for specialist tools, execution, provider access, and usage-based billing through MCP, CLI, or REST.

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Generative Engine Optimization (GEO): An Evidence-Based Guide

Improve how AI answer engines discover, understand, and cite your content without relying on unsupported ranking promises.

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What Is llms.txt? A Practical Guide Without the Hype

llms.txt is a community proposal for a concise site content map. Learn what it does, what it does not guarantee, and how to publish one.

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What Is MCP? The Model Context Protocol Explained

MCP lets Claude connect to real-world tools — web search, image generation, data extraction and more. Here's exactly how it works and why it matters.

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